Kind of curious what API it is. Aren't there apps on Windows Phone that allow you to change browser agent?
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Kind of curious what API it is. Aren't there apps on Windows Phone that allow you to change browser agent?
Yeah there are. They do that by sending additional HTTP headers to set the user agent. Although you can do something similar in Windows 8 the results aren't the same (it often results in just breaking the page). The API I used was UrlMkSetSessionOption.
It's been around since the XP days, so now that I think about it I guess it was kind of stupid of me to assume it would be supported, but Visual Studio didn't throw up any errors so I assumed I was good to go.
cyberheater
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I've had enough. Lot's of games on Steam don't work. XBMC doesn't work properly. I miss the start menu items.
Windows 8 is just horrible. I'm going back to Windows 7 until they sort out this mess.
Windows 8 is just horrible. I'm going back to Windows 7 until they sort out this mess.
JetBlackPanda
Member
This was a home build so I don't have a windows 7 computer to upgrade from. I do have a windows 7 laptop but it was purchased before the dates on the promo.
FFFFFFfffffffffff
Doesn't matter. I used the OEM cd key I bought when I built my PC outside the eligibility dates, along with saying I bought an hp from an "other" store. Main thing is to have a valid key I think.
You can just download a Win 7 iso, install it and upgrade during the trial period. They don't verify the purchase dates either so you can just put whatever you want.
JetBlackPanda
Member
alright thanks! I will try some stuff tonight and see if I can get it to work.
Anton Sugar
Member
Anyone know why this happens in IE10 with embedded Flash videos (desktop and Metro app)?
Chrome, for comparison:
If I watch the video straight from Vimeo or Youtube, they work fine. It only started happening the past few weeks.
Chrome, for comparison:
If I watch the video straight from Vimeo or Youtube, they work fine. It only started happening the past few weeks.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Are you sure it's not something with your system? I haven't any games not work and these guys seems to be using XBMC just fine on Windows 8.
brotkasten
Member
Man, you guys should check out the Surface OT. Coldfoot vs Microsoft/Windows/Surface/eastman is some good entertainment.
BrownChickenBrownCow
Banned
lol.
BrownChickenBrownCow
Banned
Mr. Wonderful
Member
Alright. Six months using Windows 8 at home plus now having sat through two of Microsoft's official Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 classes, learning how to use the UI and do all the workflows the way Microsoft wants me to do them, I think I can say with some authority that Windows 8's user interface is unintuitive and slower at completing the same tasks with mouse and keyboard without heavy customization by the end user compared to Windows 7.
I love a lot of things about the OS. The under-the-hood improvements, the Modern UI on a touchscreen device, but for a desktop, it's not a good OS out of the box, and the OS should be getting out of the way for end users to do their work, whereas 8 requires heavy customization.
Some shortcuts that you may or may not know that makes navigating Windows 8 a bit faster:
Windows Key + E: Opens My Computer? (Rather than having to open Explorer, clicking my Computer, or going to the Start Menu and typing in My Computer because that's intuitive as fuck).
Windows Key + X: Opens up the administrative menu in the lower left corner (equivalent to right clicking the Start Charm).
Windows Key + R: Opens Run (OK, you probably know this, but since you can't just click the Start Menu anymore and run programs from the search box without leaving the Desktop, this one is particularly useful in 8).
I love a lot of things about the OS. The under-the-hood improvements, the Modern UI on a touchscreen device, but for a desktop, it's not a good OS out of the box, and the OS should be getting out of the way for end users to do their work, whereas 8 requires heavy customization.
Some shortcuts that you may or may not know that makes navigating Windows 8 a bit faster:
Windows Key + E: Opens My Computer? (Rather than having to open Explorer, clicking my Computer, or going to the Start Menu and typing in My Computer because that's intuitive as fuck).
Windows Key + X: Opens up the administrative menu in the lower left corner (equivalent to right clicking the Start Charm).
Windows Key + R: Opens Run (OK, you probably know this, but since you can't just click the Start Menu anymore and run programs from the search box without leaving the Desktop, this one is particularly useful in 8).
Anton Sugar
Member
that is what I get, top video is playing, bottom one has the play button visible.
Yeah, I know
Mine was fine too, for weeks. This just started happening. The flash addon is enabled in IE10, too.
So an app on my iPad updated the other day, called "Splashtop 2" which is a streaming / remote Desktop type app. The new update added support for Windows 8 gestures. I've been using it with my Windows 8 PC and it works surprisingly well. All the swipes work flawlessly, except for the top edge down swipe which works, but also shows the iOS notification tab. Using Metro apps from the start screen is pretty awesome. There is a slight lag but its more than tolerable.
yn-neko hates a cat
Banned
Yeah, I know
Have you applied your windows update lately?
Koroviev
Member
You mean Windows 8 mode? Chrome.
ambientmystic
Member
Welcome back to the fold brother. Where's that Windows 7/Non-RT OT? In the community section?
I downloaded Chrome but every time I launch it my PC goes to the desktop.
yggdrasill
Member
What program could I use in Windows 8 to create a bootable USB flash drive? I need to flash my motherboard's BIOS.
Jzero
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Jzero
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That is one sexy machine. People that complain about the Surface stand should get one of these.Just got my Sony VAIO Duo 11. It's so sweet.
Edit: holy shit it's expensive.
brotkasten
Member
Ars published their Acer W510 review, with the most fitting headline I could think off.
Review: Who needs Windows RT? Acer's Iconia W510 runs the real thing
The conclusion is the same as always, the Atom sucks and makes any device a not-so-good x86 machine, but compared to an ARM machine, there are no drawbacks. Performance is better than the Tegra 3 in Windows RT devices and you can still use your legacy applications if you want, even if the performance is somewhat bad and on top of that, you get similar or better battery life.
However, Ars raises a really good point about future compatibility and the upgrade path. Current Intel Atom CPUs don't support the 64-bit instruction set and with Windows 8 likely being the last 32-bit consumer version of Windows, the hardware might be a dead end in two or three years, when Windows 9 comes out. Not that I expect an upgrade for current RT devices either.
Review: Who needs Windows RT? Acer's Iconia W510 runs the real thing
The conclusion is the same as always, the Atom sucks and makes any device a not-so-good x86 machine, but compared to an ARM machine, there are no drawbacks. Performance is better than the Tegra 3 in Windows RT devices and you can still use your legacy applications if you want, even if the performance is somewhat bad and on top of that, you get similar or better battery life.
However, Ars raises a really good point about future compatibility and the upgrade path. Current Intel Atom CPUs don't support the 64-bit instruction set and with Windows 8 likely being the last 32-bit consumer version of Windows, the hardware might be a dead end in two or three years, when Windows 9 comes out. Not that I expect an upgrade for current RT devices either.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I have a quick question about that windows upgrade offer. Does windows 7 still work if you use the key to purchase win8?
thanks.
edit: looks like it doesn't effect it at all correct?
thanks.
edit: looks like it doesn't effect it at all correct?
I upgraded to W8 a few days ago. I actually love it! Was kinda lost at first, but within an hour I had the hang of it all. It feels almost wrong to go back to W7, IMO.
My only real annoyance is that I had to buy a program to let me change the background image and colours of the start menu to something I wanted (probably could have done it manually, but didn't find anything online... It was only $5 and is quite useful, but still)
My only real annoyance is that I had to buy a program to let me change the background image and colours of the start menu to something I wanted (probably could have done it manually, but didn't find anything online... It was only $5 and is quite useful, but still)
Bumblebeetuna
Member
So I upgraded from Windows XP to Win7. I am looking to just wipe both my HDD's clean and start fresh with Windows 8. That $99 OEM version in the OP would work, yes? Anyone know of a retailer that carries it or is it just available online?
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Could I wipe my HDD completely and do that? The HDD I upgraded to 7 from is still full of XP crap.
also lol your post says $40 now but was $30 when I quoted it. Sound great either way but where is this deal? Thanks.
Can any win 8 guru's help me out? I had been using the release preview until last month when I bought and reinstalled 8.
Now when I switch to the metro screen most icons show up blank. If I go back to desktop then back to metro they all show up normally. I tried google but couldn't find anything.
System: 2600k, 570 GTX sli, 8gb ram, 256gb Vertex 4 ssd
Now when I switch to the metro screen most icons show up blank. If I go back to desktop then back to metro they all show up normally. I tried google but couldn't find anything.
System: 2600k, 570 GTX sli, 8gb ram, 256gb Vertex 4 ssd
That doesn't work for me.
Jzero
Member
Are those custom icons made with oblytile or are they just normal tiles?Can any win 8 guru's help me out? I had been using the release preview until last month when I bought and reinstalled 8.
Now when I switch to the metro screen most icons show up blank. If I go back to desktop then back to metro they all show up normally. I tried google but couldn't find anything.
System: 2600k, 570 GTX sli, 8gb ram, 256gb Vertex 4 ssd
Just normal tiles. Nothing really has been changed since install.
When you say re-install did you completely format the drive? Seems like something that could be caused by old files lingering from your previous install.
I did not format since there were some programs I wanted to keep. When Windows reinstalled it moved everything to a Windows.old folder. Could that be the cause?
It's impossible to know for sure but I'd say there's a good chance a clean install will fix the problem, I don't think MS officially supported upgrading from the preview builds?
Thanks, I'll check that out.
BrownChickenBrownCow
Banned
I had a fresh install of 7, skipped registration, and went to 8 with an upgrade copy. With no issues.
Are you sure? Everywhere I've looked (official and unofficial places) state that I need a Win7 key because Win8 is only an update, not a separate OS.
Koroviev
Member
No, you just need to format a partition with the old OS. You can format the drive with XP and it will work just fine. No activation required.
You must be looking in the wrong places. All it really takes for an "upgrade" is an existing OS on the drive, whether activated or not.
I see what you mean now. I might need a system builder version.
From amazon:
I'm running an unofficial version of Win7 Ultimate, so I think I would need this in order to get an official Windows.
EDIT:
Hmmm... so I could just buy this and that's it?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008H3SW4I/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I'd be running an official version of windows?
The people at microsoft said it wasn't possible, that I needed a Win7 base key before. Now that someone here has mentioned s/he has done it over a trial version I think MS people were deceiving me.
These two registry tweaks makes Windows 8 much better:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\EdgeUI]
"DisableCharmsHint"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MouseCornerClipLength"="0"
Gets rid of the obnoxious, ridiculously sensitive charms bar, and that magnet in the top corner of a monitor that grabs your mouse so that you exit an app in the left monitor when you were attempting to hit the top right of your right monitor (so you can get the dumb charms bar with 2 monitors, which nobody cares about in desktop mode on the left monitor)
These should be the default settings for PC Pro. The magnet makes sense within the start screen and in modern apps, but keep that stuff away from multi-monitors on desktop. Makes no sense.
Seems there's some mods cooking up to basically chown your files so you can have that mouth breathing UAC enabled and still be the real admin. I absolutely hate Admin Approval Mode.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\EdgeUI]
"DisableCharmsHint"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MouseCornerClipLength"="0"
Gets rid of the obnoxious, ridiculously sensitive charms bar, and that magnet in the top corner of a monitor that grabs your mouse so that you exit an app in the left monitor when you were attempting to hit the top right of your right monitor (so you can get the dumb charms bar with 2 monitors, which nobody cares about in desktop mode on the left monitor)
These should be the default settings for PC Pro. The magnet makes sense within the start screen and in modern apps, but keep that stuff away from multi-monitors on desktop. Makes no sense.
Seems there's some mods cooking up to basically chown your files so you can have that mouth breathing UAC enabled and still be the real admin. I absolutely hate Admin Approval Mode.